Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Albert* Jones You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Greeley, Colorado, USA - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Colorado, USA

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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